Spokane Produce

April 9, 2025

Market News

High pressure remains in place out West, keeping storm systems to the north and
bringing warmer temperatures to the Southwest into next week. In the desert
regions hot temperatures look to continue next week as just a few late season
supplies remain in the region.
Quality in the desert regions continues to be a challenge with the hot temperatures
affecting quality, texture and shelf life as the season quickly winds down. Processed
items will continue to see an increase in discoloration and breakdown showing up in
the bag affecting quality and shelf life. The Huron region of Central California will
also finish up production in the next week or so with the limited supplies from the
region. Growers continue to combat insect pressure (small files, gnats) with warm
temperatures. These tiny pests are very difficult to remove at harvest as they tend
to accumulate at the base of the plant.
The Salinas, Santa Maria and Oxnard regions will continue to increase harvests
weekly in the nice weather pattern with generally good quality reported in these
harvests.
Some good news on the tariff front this week as the Trump administration has
confirmed that tariffs under the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)
including produce will not be implemented as fresh produce form Canada and
Mexico will not be affected. This is good news however many other produce items
from Central America and other countries will be subject to the 10% blanket tariffs.
This will include Avocados, bananas, beans, pineapple, melons, herbs among
numerous other products.

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